Second Sunday of Lent
On the Transfiguration, the Crucifixion and Divine Providence.
On the Transfiguration, the Crucifixion and Divine Providence.
I buried a premature baby today in Louisiana, and this is the sermon I gave. It was made public with the permission of the parents, because they believed there was a message people had to hear in this podcast. If you are reading this podcast description on iTunes, please also visit my blog to see the picture at the top of the casket that the baby's father made for her in his woodworking shop. I'll also include some sites and footnotes that I referenced in this sermon. I spoke in the sermon about the length of eternity, and here is a blog post I wrote with that same "beach of [...]
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Tear Open Your Hearts
Today's sermon is on how Jesus Christ on the cross fulfills the law of charity: Love in the shape of a cross.
How much does the father-wound or mother-wound affect our ability to follow Christ?
In this sermon I referenced Fr. Richard Heilman and his fasting program of Ninevah90 as well as his highly-acclaimed article on Fatima at 100 years. Run so as to win.
Here's a few things you probably did not know about the Mother of God, especially in her relationship to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. It's a talk I gave to some families in Louisiana today, on the feast of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (when she appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, France.)
How can the Catholic Church be so dirty and yet “the Bride of Christ without blemish” at the same time? This is a sermon on Ecclesiology, which is defined as the study of the Church. The most difficult topic to explain in Ecclesiology is how the Church can be both human and divine at the same time.
What do we do with dryness and anxiety in prayer? We follow the example of St. Therese.